Building utopia : erecting Russia's first modern city, 1930 / Richard Cartwright Austin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austin, Richard Cartwright, 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austin Company--History.

Austin Company.

Ford Motor Company--History.

Ford Motor Company.

Gorkovskii avtomobilnyi zavod--History.

Gorkovskii avtomobilnyi zavod.

Automobile industry and trade--Russia (Federation)--Nizhnii Novgorod--History.

Automobile industry and trade.

City planning--Russia (Federation)--Nizhnii Novgorod.

City planning.

Nizhniĭ Novgorod (Russia)--History.

Nizhniĭ Novgorod (Russia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 225 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Perhaps the most challenging project under Stalin's first five-year plan was the race to build Europe's largest automobile factory and an adjacent city in just 18 months. The site was Nizhny Novgorod, later named Gorky. To design and construct both factory and city, Soviet officials approached the premier industrial builder in America, the Austin Company of Cleveland, Ohio. From near-breakdown during the initial months, through a Russian winter that called for bravery and ingenuity, to a frantic race toward completion in the final month, Building Utopia reveals the humanity of both communists and capitalists and the contrasts between Russian and American cultures.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

1. The Austin Method

2. "Those Russians Are Starting Fresh"

3. "In a Friendly Way"

4. "Spirit and Ability"

5. "The First Communist City in the World"

6. "The First Home We Have Had"

7. "Off the Road"

8. "Workers Clamoring to Get Paid"

9. "Every Principle Seems Upset"

10. "To Stay Here over Christmas"

11. "Work on Ice a Meter Thick or More"

12. "An Opportunity Given by God"

13. "Here They Will Fail or Triumph"

14. "Fortresses Taken by Bolsheviks"

15. "The USSR at the Wheel"

16. Gazelle

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-222) and index.

ISBN:

1-61277-321-4